Who has the power to give reparations?
But what are you going to do when they don't want to give it and have many means of force that can be used to not give in?
Remember, there is nothing logical about racism. It's an emotional reaction. That means logical arguments don't work, no matter what kind of great points you bring up and shut down any arguments they may have. People have very strong emotions about certain things. In this case good luck convincing them to give you something when thats the last thing they want to do.
What does this mean?
It means if you're banking on the quality of your future on getting a fat check from the government and not putting in work for your career if you have an opportunity(ies) to, then I don't know what to tell you.
If anything, pursue reparations as a secondary to your career.
I know some folks will hate that last part, but you have to ask yourselves: is it worth putting your life on hold for theirs, especially if they're not trying to take care of their life on their end? Besides, you could do more for the process once you're successful, even help more of those out who aren't trying once you've made it.
Now, are reparations completely out of each? No. Not at all. However, they're not going to give it because a bunch of poor people want it. Rarely does anybody do anything "out of their goodness of their heart" or for the sake of being "fair" if they're not getting something in return. This country (more like the world in general) has proven time and time again that they don't care about poor people, of any race. Only rich folks are catered to. Look who they did give reparations to: the Jewish and Japanese. Two groups who were doing well financially before anybody cut them a check (banking and tech+automotive respectively). Best believe if Black folks really had a dominant owned asset that was highly sought after and those folks demanded reparations for their people, this country would have a much more vested interest in catering to them, even if they don't want to. Best believe they did not want to cut the checks out to Jewish or Japanese folks, until they saw how much doing business with those groups benefitted them financially (most likely they still didn't emotionally want to). So the thing is Black folks really need to find and fill that kind of lane as a community. This is yet another reason why folks should be encouraging others to be successful and utilize their gifts rather than shooting their own down or simply straight up hating. More successful Black folks means a better chance of reparations for everybody else.
